Theodor Hackmann

Theodor Hackmann (4 January 1898-12 May 1945) was the Gauleiter of Gmina Wielbark, Poland, under Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Theodor Hackmann was born in Calvorde in the Duchy of Saxony-Anhalt in the German Empire (present-day Germany) on 4 January 1898. Hackmann became a soldier in the Saxon Army in 1916 during World War I and served in the war against the Russian Empire. Hackmann was made the Gauleiter of Gmina Wielbark in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa and was ordered to kill all Jews, Poles, and Slavs in the area, among other groups. Hackmann was executed by Polish rebels on 12 May 1945 for war crimes.